xix, 743 pages ; 20 cm

David Hume's Treatise of Human Nature, composed before the author was twenty-eight years old, was published in 1739 and 1740. In revising the late L.A. Selby-Bigge's edition of Hume's Treatise Professor Nidditch corrected verbal errors and took account of Hume's manuscript amendments. He also supplied the text of the Abstract of the Treatise following the original 1740 edition and provided an apparatus of variant readings

Reprinted from the original edition in three volumes

Previous edition: 1888. - "the text now presented reproduces the original of 1739-40 ... amendments by Hume ... have been incorporated into this text" --Preface to the 2nd Second edition

Includes bibliographical references and index

Book 1. Of the understanding -- Part I, Of ideas; their origin, composition, abstraction, connexion, etc. -- Part II, Of the ideas of space and time -- Part III, Of knowledge and probability -- Part IV, Of the sceptical and other systems of Philosophy -- Book 2. Of the passions -- Part I, Of pride and humility -- Part II, Of love and hatred -- Part III, Of the will and direct passions -- Book 3. Of morals -- Part I, Of virtue and vice in general -- Part II, Of Justice and injustice -- Part III. Of other virtues and vices -- Appendix -- Abstract of Treatise -- Textual notes -- Index

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